Social Studies with Rich and Steve

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Rich
Five Ponds
  • Lost it all!
  • Rich's zip file is on sharepoint site
Map Maker's Tool Kit
  • Activities on Sharepoint - the click and drag stuff
Google Earth
  • Sprout Builder - google earth video (You Tube)

Steve
  • Get new Google Earth installed (pushed)
  • Continent Game
  • change layers (too many layers slows it down because it is streaming from the internet)
  • look for places without fly to tool
  • Terrain layer cool (study of VA)
  • Create a field trip
  • push pins can be moved - right click and go to properties
  • Add Discovery video - put a link to the video in the push pin (use streaming button)
  • maps.live.com
  • Used sharepoint to build wiki space for kids in school. All EILCR01 students could get it.

Rich's X.kmz file
  • drawing
  • overlay - images
  • SketchUp - 4th grade has an area lesson where kids designing own buliding in SU might be useful
  • Latitude and Longitude (Ctrl- L)
  • Use add image overlay to add hidden picture (make it samll) and give clues to where it is
  • 2nd graders voice thread - location, pixie maps, edit later, export as jpgs, put in Voice thread, students comment (Kids touched classroom computers three times for this project and lab once or twice)